Systemic pesticides linked to Honey Bee Decline and CCD

The first study conducted in a natural environment has shown that systemic pesticides damage bees' ability to navigate

Common crop pesticides have been shown for the first time to seriously harm bees by damaging their renowned ability to navigate home.

The new research strongly links the pesticides to the serious decline in honey bee numbers in the US and UK – a drop of around 50 per cent in the last 25 years. The losses pose a threat to food supplies as bees pollinate a third of the food we eat such as tomatoes, beans, apples and strawberries.

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Why this is important to you:

1. Bees are the only source of honey on the planet. Honey might be the most useful substance, besides water, on the planet. I has been used by almost every culture on the earth for 1000s of years.

2. No bees = No fruit

This is related to the documentary called the Vanishing of the Bees. I watched it the other night and highly recommend it.